Chargers add kicker Travis Coons to practice squad

Chargers add kicker Travis Coons to practice squad

The Chargers have added kicker Travis Coons to their practice squad Wednesday morning, according to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, who also went on to report that should starting kick Nick Novak is still expected to play this week barring any setbacks.

Novak injured his back Week 12 forcing L.A. to be in a four-down mode for much of their contest against the Cowboys Thursday. Novak has connected on just 69.2 percent of his attempts in 2017 while Coons hit 28-of-32 (87.5 percent) during his time as the starting kicker for the Browns in 2015.

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Los Angeles has been troubled at the kicker position ever since they decided to let Josh Lambo go, even seeing Lambo defeat them with a game-winning field goal in 2017. There was Younghoe Koo who looked like he had no business being in the NFL and then it appeared Novak may be the team’s savior at the position.

Though Novak is still a serviceable kicker, if he is somewhat nicked fans shouldn’t be too surprised to see Coons on the active roster before the end of the year.